When The Waters Rise

Last week I posted "Don't Hold Your Breath," the music video directed and filmed by Patrick Gines. Patrick and the Florida State University film department were kind enough to grant access to the online screener of his thesis project, When The Waters Rise, the film for which I wrote "Don't Hold Your Breath." Mr. Gines is currently writing the script for a full-length feature of When The Waters Rise.

When the Waters Rise from Patrick Gines on Vimeo.

"Don't Hold Your Breath" (A Music Video)

A Florida State University film student, Patrick Gines, approached me early in 2010 about writing a commissioned song for his film thesis project, When The Waters Rise. Randomly, I was scheduled to play a concert at his home church in Tallahassee just a few days after his initial email. ("Random" never seems quite an accurate enough word for these sorts of moments.)

Patrick (director) and I met at the show where he handed me a draft of the script. With another couple of Florida concerts that weekend, I read the script and, in a Sarasota hotel room, wrote "Don't Hold Your Breath." Returning to Florida a few months later, with only a brief window of time to shoot, Patrick and I (mostly Patrick) made a music video - my first ever - in which a homeless man named "David" unequivocally steals the show.

DHYB will be on my new album, hopefully releasing in 2011. Until then, I hope you enjoy.

[Song recorded & produced by Andrew Osenga]



"Don't Hold Your Breath" by Eric Peters from Patrick Gines on Vimeo.

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